CtELJENOMENODKRA . 119 



Mention (Hg. 13 e) fsubtrajjoziforme, lateribus basi constrirtis : ligvla 

 (rig. 13/) transverso-quadrata, apice rotuiidata. 



Caput sursiim spectante thoracefere obtectum ; ocitZjs siibi'otundatis. 



Thorax (fig. 13 g) apice antrorsum angiilato-productus. 



Scutellum oblongum, apice rotim datum. 



Elytra elongata, apice rotundata, dorso subconvexa. 



Pedes breves, validi ; tarsis latis, ungue bre\d, artieuli prsecedentis 

 lobis bi'e\'iori. 



Antepectus antice dente brevi robiisto armatum. 



Corpus elongatum. subconvexum. (Type, Cttla'nomenodera eucul- 

 latu, (iuer.) 



Remarkal)le for tlic prolongation of the apex of the thorax ; this 

 forms a kind of hood, which almost entirely conceals the head when 

 viewed from above. 



1. Ccelaenonienodera cuciillata (Guer.). Tab. VIII. Fig. G. 

 Acentroptera cucullata, Guer. Icon, du Regne Anim. Texte, p. 271. 



C. elongata, postice panllo latior, convexa, rufo-fulva, nitida, subtus 

 pallidior ; oeiilis antennisque apice nigris ; thoracis apice ntrinque 

 in fovcam magnam, Icevem, valde excavato ; elytris fortiter punc- 

 tato-striatis, interstitiis intermediis subcostatis. 



Long. 51 Lin. 



Hah. Madagascar. 



Collection of J. S. Baly. 



My specimen differs from the description given by Gnerin in the 

 [con. du Regne Anhn. in being less parallel and slightly dilated 

 behind ; it is probably the other sex. 



2. Ccelaenomenodera praeusta (Guer.). 

 Acentroptera praeusta, Guer. Icon, du Regne Anim. Texte, p. 272. 



C. elongata, angustata, subcyHndi-ica, dorso leniter depressa, nigra, 

 nitida ; thorace supra et infra, scutello elytrisque pallidc fulvis, 

 his apice nigris ; abdomine (apice excepto) piceo. 



Long. 3 Hn. 



Hab. Madagascar. 



Collections of J. Thomson, Esq., and J. S. Baly. 



3, Ccelaenonienodera tarsata, n. sp. 



C. elongata, postice vix latior, subconvexa, dorso subdeprcssa, pal- 

 lide fulva ; oculis, ore, antennarum iirticulis diiohiis l)nsnlibiis 

 (ctctera desunt) tarsisque nigris ; thoracis macuhi basali, scutello. 



